Poem by Matt McGrail
 
 
Forest Call by Matthew T. McGrail

Back in Fitchburg, miles away
There's plenty to do and see
I go down to the library during the day
At night I watch T.V.

But in Berlin, on Lyman Road
Where my grandparents are
I go to the farm to lighten my load
At night we watch the stars.

During the day a train rolls by
On the border of my grandfather's land
Here in the summer we all lie
Listening to an Irish band.

In the porch, near the flowers and bees
We look at old photographs
Lazy air is in the trees
The summer silently laughs.

This is the farm where I'd live and die
If I were given the chance
Watching the swallows in the sky
In the grass, I'd watch the ants.

Someday I'll live here
And never let it go
And when autumn grows near
Soon the ground is covered with snow.

When the birds fly south in fall
And the air gets cold
I'll always hear the forest call
This land will never grow old.


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